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susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the administration of telling misleading stories and contradicts stories and to be fair, administration officials did talk about the movie being to blame. they did say the attack wasn't premeditated and were at least inconsistent on the word, terror. rudy giuliani said this wasn't the result of confusion, incompetence, i'm going to quote him, sounds like a cover up. would you go that far? >> yes, i would. i'm not saying this is a criminal cover up. this is a political cover up because it went against the president's narrative. he could not acknowledge there was a terrorist attack because he ha
susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the...
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so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from some sort of facts. there is no fact to suggest that the video -- had had anything to do with the video in the state department. they say, at 8:30 at night when the ambassador went outside, there is nothing unusual. there has been nothing unusual during the day all outside. where does president obama get the video there? >> let's ask this question. how many communication was going on from the state department to the white house? before the white house started talking through jay carny and through others and through, as carney says, the administrationwide assessment
so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from...
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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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but yet you heard jay carney up at the white house. >> i have to say i find it extraordinary that jay carney would try to argue that the, these protests taking place on the is 11th anniversary of 9/11 were merely coincidental. one of the things when i hear him make the statement, trying to suggest that that wasn't the case, that they weren't planned for 9/11 made me do a double-take. i can't believe they are making the argument. the problem for the administration at this point they are now embracing the argument they earlier rejected at the beginning of week. the statement came out at embassy of cairo and talked about hurting the feelings of muslims the administration reacted not quickly but reacted eventually and said we don't agree with that stat statement. that discuss not repped the view of the u.s. government and it doesn't represent the view of the white house. now in effect you have jay carney and hillary clinton today at the service say this is all because of the video, that it is in fact about the hurt feelings of muslims. which is extraordinary turn-about in the argument. >>
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inevitable i think they will again because we're getting the day we're leaving and frankly i heard jay carney the hold on again saying we're not changing the charger day let's listen no matter how you feel about this you never tell your adversary one year later we don't you don't know when you're going to invade don't all of the people you sent you don't tell this because now over the next two years they're going to continue to increase the veracity of their tax and there's nothing to hold them back they know we're leaving so they can literally wait us out our only hope now is to actually engage the pakistanis and looking at ways forward because the pakistanis frankly have as much to. we need to lose if anything to the jury because they have their own little problem now a nato spokesperson said the hall will apply quote only until the threat level returns to a tolerable level i mean that's a very open ended one is that going to happen it sounds like he is banking on things just getting better with time you're giving the taliban time to do more mischief that plan saying you're not going
inevitable i think they will again because we're getting the day we're leaving and frankly i heard jay carney the hold on again saying we're not changing the charger day let's listen no matter how you feel about this you never tell your adversary one year later we don't you don't know when you're going to invade don't all of the people you sent you don't tell this because now over the next two years they're going to continue to increase the veracity of their tax and there's nothing to hold them...
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i guess jay carney spoke out about this today. >> he did. 'cause there has been conflicting information as you suggest. some administration officials have said look, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that's the opposite, as you know, as to what the libyan president and others have suggested. u.s. intelligence sources have told fox that the u.s. government was warned by libyan officials that violence was increasing in benghazi and that the libyan government may not be able to control it. so i pressed jay carney on whether we got some kind of a warning. take a listen. >> the administration have any sort of heads up that violence was increasing specifically in libya before the attack? >> i'm not aware of any, ed. this is a matter that's under investigation in terms of what precipitated the attack, what the motivations were, what role the video played in that. >> the president taped an interview with david letterman running later tonight and he says he has a new message for the muslim world. they need to work with the u.s. to prote
i guess jay carney spoke out about this today. >> he did. 'cause there has been conflicting information as you suggest. some administration officials have said look, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that's the opposite, as you know, as to what the libyan president and others have suggested. u.s. intelligence sources have told fox that the u.s. government was warned by libyan officials that violence was increasing in benghazi and that the libyan government may not be able to...
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jay carney today took those e-mails and described them as open source unclassified e-mails. they also raised new questions as to why the white house waited eight days to label the attack a terrorist attack. >> the independent accountability review board is hard at work reviewing everything. not cherry picking, but really looking at everything. which i highly recommend as the inappropriate approach to something as complex as an attack like this. >> now, this is very important. clinton added and i want to quote her, posing something on facebook is not in and of itself, evidence. that was her way of saying that e-mail was off a facebook posting, but suzanne kelly is reporting the reason the suspect is in custody is because of information he posted on facebook and other websites. jason clark, jason chafe its, appreciate your taking the time. she appeared to chuckle a little bit as she talked about an independent review. she said we're not cherry picking. obviously, that's become a very politicized term over the past month. u do you think the more and more you hear, the more clou
jay carney today took those e-mails and described them as open source unclassified e-mails. they also raised new questions as to why the white house waited eight days to label the attack a terrorist attack. >> the independent accountability review board is hard at work reviewing everything. not cherry picking, but really looking at everything. which i highly recommend as the inappropriate approach to something as complex as an attack like this. >> now, this is very important....
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white house spokesman jay carney reiterated that position yesterday. >> based on the information we had at the time and had to this day, we do not have evidence it was premeditated. >> but today, carney for the first time called it a terrorist attack and changed his wording, i quote him, we have no information at this point to suggest this is a significantly preplanned attack. a u.s. official who did not want to be named tells cnn today, we acknowledge contradicty information about whether there was aprotest prior to the attack. and there are questions about whether the u.s. missed very important warning signs. arwa damon on the ground. you have hear her on this show, has reported that according to libyan military officials, three days before the attacks took place, the libyan military officials had a meeting with senior employees at the embassy in tripoli and warned them about a rising threat against western interests in benghazi. libyan military officials said they said the libyan government could not control the militias and advised the american, decrease their presence in benghazi.
white house spokesman jay carney reiterated that position yesterday. >> based on the information we had at the time and had to this day, we do not have evidence it was premeditated. >> but today, carney for the first time called it a terrorist attack and changed his wording, i quote him, we have no information at this point to suggest this is a significantly preplanned attack. a u.s. official who did not want to be named tells cnn today, we acknowledge contradicty information about...
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questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his policy proposals and there's real opportunity to work to get a lot of that done. it goes right to the point that i've been making that conventional wisdom holds that we can't accomplish things at that both the administration and congress controlled largely by the other party can agree on, but that's not true. that's a perfect example of an area to find common ground and can achieve some of the things that after all a number of the items that the house majority leader put forward in na op-ed in politico are ones that the president suggested in september and he reiterated at the state of june address. i think that
questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his...
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jay carney hernlgd on whether they were ever briefed. he said they never got any actionable intelligence about an impending terror attack at that consulate. that leaves the door open to other briefings about security issues there. i pressed jay on that point. does this mean that the president and vice president are sort of passing things over to the state department? take a listen. >> reporter: you say on libiate buck stops with the state department on security? it doesn't stop at the white house? >> that's an inartful made for television phrasing. but the fact of the matter is. >> you are saying the president don't make those assessments is what you say. >> there are thousands of diplomatic personnel around the world and countless facilities around the world. i'm saying when it comes to the number of personnel who are in place at consulates and embassies and other diplomatic facility around the world, those decisions are appropriately made at the state department by security personnel. when it comes to funding, yes, this president fight
jay carney hernlgd on whether they were ever briefed. he said they never got any actionable intelligence about an impending terror attack at that consulate. that leaves the door open to other briefings about security issues there. i pressed jay on that point. does this mean that the president and vice president are sort of passing things over to the state department? take a listen. >> reporter: you say on libiate buck stops with the state department on security? it doesn't stop at the...
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we have people like jay carney saying that there was no evidence that this was anything other than anything other than reacon to the video triggered by the protests in cairo. there are reasons to suspect there was a cover-up here. i think that even the administrati's dilemmas. lou: politically, as we watch what happened with the debate, economic policies, but as you say, the president was called upon to defend -- now with a foreign policy disaster for following this country as well as this administration, what are the implications for this race with governor romney now surging, as wejust reported, and the a pew research poll up from another four points, giving governor romney an advantage. >> what we need to know is whether this is a bounce that may fade or a genuine search for it which, it may not be. we may not know for some time. it seems to me that it is certainly possible that this is a genuine surge. that mitt romney has managed by virtue of his debate performance and augmented by his speech today, in which he certainly looked presidential in a presidential setting and spoke that some
we have people like jay carney saying that there was no evidence that this was anything other than anything other than reacon to the video triggered by the protests in cairo. there are reasons to suspect there was a cover-up here. i think that even the administrati's dilemmas. lou: politically, as we watch what happened with the debate, economic policies, but as you say, the president was called upon to defend -- now with a foreign policy disaster for following this country as well as this...
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jay carney said he was unaware of those reports. our own catherine herridge has been reporting that the situation on the ground had been deteriorating, and there was some suggestion the u.s. knew about that. i also pressed jay carney on the fact that on september 10th the white house put o out a press release saying the president had a meeting to look at the defense posture for u.s. installations all around the world on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, and that press release suggested that steps had been taken to protect u.s. persons here and abroad. i pressed jay carney on whether this suggested now because these four americans had been killed that the administration had not taken the appropriate steps. here's his answer. you're not trying to say there was enough security in benghazi, are you? >> i am simply saying this is a matter under investigation. it is an absolute tragedy that we lost four americans in benghazi, including our ambassador, including security personnel. and there's an active investigation underway int
jay carney said he was unaware of those reports. our own catherine herridge has been reporting that the situation on the ground had been deteriorating, and there was some suggestion the u.s. knew about that. i also pressed jay carney on the fact that on september 10th the white house put o out a press release saying the president had a meeting to look at the defense posture for u.s. installations all around the world on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, and that press release...
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white house spokesman jay carney pointing out that recently they had a phone conversation that lasted more than an hour. so their message is that the two leaders communicate all the time, even if they're not meeting face-to-face. >> dan lothian, appreciate it. and david gergening, thanks. >> thank you. >>> raw politics tonight. new polling and a fight over all that polling. some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari fleischer believes it. he joins us. so does obama 2012 pollster cornell bell chesh, meaning he believes it, and john king, so you can decide for yourself what you should believe. dfrmths a young tv actor brutally kill his elder ly landlady before falling to his own death? the tragic story behind a hollywood murder mystery when we continue. >>> raw politics now. in a case of complaining about the ref when the call goes against you or perhaps in this instance, questioning the polls, virtually all of them, when the polls show you losing. so do the complainers have a case? get ready for a debate on that. first, you guess
white house spokesman jay carney pointing out that recently they had a phone conversation that lasted more than an hour. so their message is that the two leaders communicate all the time, even if they're not meeting face-to-face. >> dan lothian, appreciate it. and david gergening, thanks. >> thank you. >>> raw politics tonight. new polling and a fight over all that polling. some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari...
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jay carney on the benghazi e-mails. he says the e-mail you are referring to is an open-source, unclassified e-mail that was her into an assertion that was made on a social media site that everyone in this room had access to and about instantaneously. it was a variety of information is coming in. the whole point of an intelligence community and what they do to assess information and make judgments about what happens. yes, we saw that. we did not really feel like i was accurate or that was indicative of what really happened. >> well, martha, it is either incompetence to the term of negligence or they are lying. i would like to see them take a lie detector test. when jay carney says this is based on intelligence and information -- this is all the information we have -- no, it's not. you are now seeing e-mails and cables coming out from whistleblowers throughout the intelligence committee, the state department, defense department, and the white house. they cannot cover this up forever. as you said, there are dozens -- hundr
jay carney on the benghazi e-mails. he says the e-mail you are referring to is an open-source, unclassified e-mail that was her into an assertion that was made on a social media site that everyone in this room had access to and about instantaneously. it was a variety of information is coming in. the whole point of an intelligence community and what they do to assess information and make judgments about what happens. yes, we saw that. we did not really feel like i was accurate or that was...
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let, listen in to jay carney. >> i have great faith the washington nationals will recover. e rtthe'al about. but one witness at the house committee is already testifying the security at the u.s. consulate in benghazi was woefully inadequate. this follows a powerful denial from the state deparent fis thev tantus reaction to that anti-islam film. you may remember that was a claichoed by some within the administration several days after intelligence suggested that that was not the case. rrndc cainrr i here. tell us the most interesting things you have heard. >> we have had testimony that the consulate in been gatsy as well as at mainas i ed itandards. when you have a posting in an area with a high likelihood of a terrorist attack or civil unrest there is a classification in the state department. from that very specific physical ateea aeaa previously reported here on fox september 28 is that the consulate did not meet those physical security standards and they are important because it's supposed to give the ambassador and hiseam a golden hour they ihameiott a they can burn the
let, listen in to jay carney. >> i have great faith the washington nationals will recover. e rtthe'al about. but one witness at the house committee is already testifying the security at the u.s. consulate in benghazi was woefully inadequate. this follows a powerful denial from the state deparent fis thev tantus reaction to that anti-islam film. you may remember that was a claichoed by some within the administration several days after intelligence suggested that that was not the case....
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the only people denying that the last week is people like jay carney. they wanted us to believe the afascinations of the ambassador, stevens, and navy seals were the quote of a movie trailer. this had nothing to do with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. but as more facts about the tragedy were revealed, that story began to change and contradictions began piling up. let's review. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to united states policy, not to obviously the administration, not to the american people. it is in response to a video, a film. >> the best assessment we have today is that, in fact, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that what happened initially, it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> we have condemned in the strongest possible terms the violence that has erupted from these protests. and as i have said, the video that sparked these protests is disgusting and reprehensible, and the united states government, of course, had absolutely nothi
the only people denying that the last week is people like jay carney. they wanted us to believe the afascinations of the ambassador, stevens, and navy seals were the quote of a movie trailer. this had nothing to do with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. but as more facts about the tragedy were revealed, that story began to change and contradictions began piling up. let's review. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to united states policy, not to obviously...
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on september 14, white hoe spokesman jay carney stepped up withhis ena. >>haoron ggtht a preplanned attack. the unrest we've seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that slims, many muslims find offensive. bill: agaitede suri makes a crucial mistake. >> best information and the best assessment we have today is that, in fact, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that what happened itiallyas thatt wa antus ac ttt aned in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> bill: so we are now five days into investigating what happened to ambassador stevens and the videotape is still dominating the aisioean. em17hillary clinton spokesperson reiterated that. >> ambassador rice, in her comments on every network over the weekend, was very clear, very precise aboutt our itlestf pp twano st assessment. it was also an assessment that you heard in comments coming from the intelligence community, in comments comi from the white house. >> bill: butwo days ler,o l, ts ced tiyene pde ct of counterterrorism said this. >> certainly on that particular questio
on september 14, white hoe spokesman jay carney stepped up withhis ena. >>haoron ggtht a preplanned attack. the unrest we've seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that slims, many muslims find offensive. bill: agaitede suri makes a crucial mistake. >> best information and the best assessment we have today is that, in fact, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that what happened itiallyas thatt wa antus ac ttt aned in cairo as a consequence of the video....
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in fact, jay carney, the white house spokesman, likes to say that not every phone conversation that the president has with world leaders is read out. >> david, do you think, i mean, that the daylight between these two leaders, it's going to become more stark as the threat becomes closer. >> absolutely. bob gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this iranian problem is the most difficult problem he had seen in government in over 30 years. the hardest problem to solve. there are no good solutions. >> no good solutions because the difficulty militarily of actually -- >> if you go in militarily, if you strike with the air force, a, you only set them back two or three years but secondly, there may be so much mischief that they could do that you then feel under a lot of pressure to go in and decapitate the regime. that means you have to put boots in the ground. there is nobody in the u.s. army wants to do that. they have done a lot of work with the israelis on defense, protection, missile protection and that sort of thing, and there
in fact, jay carney, the white house spokesman, likes to say that not every phone conversation that the president has with world leaders is read out. >> david, do you think, i mean, that the daylight between these two leaders, it's going to become more stark as the threat becomes closer. >> absolutely. bob gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this iranian problem is the most difficult problem he had seen in government in...
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jay carney said it was self evident this was a terrorist attack. these people came to a demonstration with weapons and security was an issue at the compound. why not call it what it was? >> well, i think now based on the recommendations and the investigation of the intelligence community they made the decision to conclude that this was a terrorist attack. in the days after, that was not clear. and so, you know, this is obviously was a very, very fast-moving period of time. as i said, there's a great deal of interest in this. so we provided information that we received from the intelligence community as we got it. the intelligence community put out a lengthy document on friday that explained the timeline here. and i think that in the days afterwards, it wasn't clear this was a terrorist attack. as their investigation was conducted and as they got more information, that's the determination they made. >> the president has said as recently as may of this year that al qaeda has not had a chance to rebuild, that al qaeda has been defeated. there is an el
jay carney said it was self evident this was a terrorist attack. these people came to a demonstration with weapons and security was an issue at the compound. why not call it what it was? >> well, i think now based on the recommendations and the investigation of the intelligence community they made the decision to conclude that this was a terrorist attack. in the days after, that was not clear. and so, you know, this is obviously was a very, very fast-moving period of time. as i said,...
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white house spokesman jay carney told republicans the obstacle is the refusal to raise taxes. top democrats say the real goal of veto threat is the president wants to put the other side on note. if he wins the election, he will have a mandate. >> we can't get this done unless we also add wealthiest household pay higher taxes on the income above $250,000. pay the same rate we paid when bill clinton was president and went from deficit to surplus. that is how you do it. >> the case undermined today by bill clinton himself in ohio. >> let's elect president obama. >> campaigning with bruce springstein, clinton alleged romney budget math does not add up. then gave republicans unexpected ammunition. >> governor romney's argument is we're not fixed. so fire him and put me in. >> it's true, we're not fixed. when president obama looked in the eyes of that man, who said in the debate, i had so much hope four years ago, and i don't now. i thought he was going to cry. because he knows it's not fi fixed. >> former president clinton mostly stayed on message charging that romney masquerading
white house spokesman jay carney told republicans the obstacle is the refusal to raise taxes. top democrats say the real goal of veto threat is the president wants to put the other side on note. if he wins the election, he will have a mandate. >> we can't get this done unless we also add wealthiest household pay higher taxes on the income above $250,000. pay the same rate we paid when bill clinton was president and went from deficit to surplus. that is how you do it. >> the case...